Bottas posts fastest time in 1st practice at Portuguese GP

<p>PORTIMAO, Portugal &mdash; Valtteri Bottas posted the fastest time in the first practice at the Portuguese Grand Prix on Friday.</p>
<p>The Mercedes driver was .025 seconds quicker than Max Verstappen and .198 seconds ahead of Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez.</p>
<p>Charles Leclerc was fourth fastest for Ferrari, ahead of defending champion Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes.</p>
<p>There is a second practice session later Friday.</p>
<p>The Portugal GP is the third Formula One race of the season.</p>
<p>Hamilton leads the championship by one point from Verstappen with both drivers having won one race each.</p>
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